title: [Submandibulectomy in the treatment of pathology of the submandibular gland: our experience 1970-1995].
abstract: Submandibular gland excision is proposed in the treatment of neoplastic and non neoplastic diseases; this surgical procedure can be performed by transoral or transcervical approach. The aim of the study is to demonstrate that cervical approach must be preferred because it is safer and allows a wider exposition of the surgical field. From 1970 to June 1995, 54 patients (47 with chronic sialadenitis, 7 with benign tumors and 7 with malignant tumors) were submitted to excision of the submaxillary gland. Of the 54 resections performed, 2 were completed with "functional" cervical lymphadenectomy and 1 with Radical Neck Dissection in pts. with malignant neoplasms. There were no postoperative deaths; complications occurred in 1 patient (1/54 = 1.8%) as a iatrogenic permanent lesion of the maxillary branch of the facial nerve (in detail 0/47 patients with benign disease and 1/7 (14.7%) patients with malignant disease). The cervical approach for the resection of the submaxillary gland is preferred to the transoral approach for the lower risk of iatrogenic lesions of the lingual and hypoglossal nerves and the possibility of curative resections in case of malignant neoplasms. A regulated and experimented technique through the cervical approach also lowers the risk of a lesion of the maxillary branch of the facial nerve.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di III Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biffoni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marchesi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Picchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nuccio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faloci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tartaglia
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mastropietro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Millarelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D013364:Submandibular Gland Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: La sottomandibulectomia nel trattamento delle patologie della ghiandola sottomandibolare: nostra esperienza 1970-1995.